Apollo Chief Economic Torsten Slok was on a warpath this past week, issuing a series of warnings about the AI boom as Wall Street retreated from the sector. On Tuesday, he pointed to the recent slowdown in token spending growth, saying the demand curve for compute is flat and highly sensitive to price changes. Meanwhile,
Bond yields are spiking after the latest consumer inflation report, further hobbling Donald Trump’s goal to make life more affordable ahead of a pivotal midterm vote. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury, which influences everything from mortgages to car loans to business loans, saw a sharp spike on Wednesday as investors take in a
Following the Federal Reserve is the closest thing market-watchers have to an ongoing soap opera. The “will they / won’t they” push-and-pull around interest rates can turn on a dime, depending on the day’s news. The central bank’s next move is always under a microscope. But for the entirety of 2026 so far, the Fed
President Donald Trump has downplayed his war on Iran as “small potatoes,” but those potatoes are getting bigger as both sides are escalating beyond their stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz. For months, Iran’s military has failed to completely close off the narrow waterway, as U.S. forces shepherd more oil tankers through, eroding Tehran’s geopolitical
WASHINGTON — Confronted by an intransigent Iranian government that has refused to back down in the face of a massive military campaign, President Donald Trump appears to have settled on a dual-prong approach that combines economic pressure with the potential of a devastating escalation in force. Having launched “Operation Economic Outcast” just last week to
The US treasury secretary has threated Iran with “the single greatest financial offensive ever”, claiming the US-Israel war with Iran was “entering its endgame”. Scott Bessent said the US would sever all economic ties with the country in “an economic D-Day” and that any nation partnering with Iran financially would also be isolated. Bessent’s threat
